Every author has his or her own distinctive manner of writing. In the two short stories, “Araby” by James Joyce and “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri, unique writing styles are showcased while relaying similar story lines. Both stories tell the narrative of men who fall for a woman and through a series of hopeful interpretations of interactions with the woman; they end up disappointed and alone. Although both stories have parallel themes of unrequited love, the way in which the authors use certain literary techniques to portray this theme differ greatly from each other. In both “Maladies” and “Araby” the main characters are taken through a series of emotional maladies while trying to peruse the girls they love. While each is told in a unique perspective, “Araby” is a narration of a boy as he is looking back on his life, presumably as an older man. On the other hand, “Maladies” is seemingly told through a much more current perspective. In “Araby” the narrator seems to have had time to reflect on his past, he reflects that he “thought little of the future.” Much of his story is composed of emotional and metaphorical responses to his situation. As the narrator is describing his feelings about the girl he like he says his “body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires” (717). The author uses this type of language throughout the story to describe not only the feelings of the narrator but also to describe the setting. As he is waking through a crowd, he describes the walking “amid the curses of labourers, the shrill litanies of shop-boys who stood on guard by the barrels of pigs’ cheeks, the nasal chanting of street-ballad about troubles in our native land” (717). The predominant use of metaphors is used to bring the theme of the story to light. Joyce uses this writing style in order for the reader to paint his or her own picture of the more factual and objective parts of the story. Unlike Lahiri, who...

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Modes of development play a key roll in writing. There are many different modes of development for an author to choose from. Some of which are description and narration, providing the reader with examples, definitions, comparing and contrasting, dividing and classifying , cause and effect, and arguing a point. Writers often use one or more in their writing. This helps the reader to understand the point a author is trying to make. Jay Bookman uses many modes of development in his short story “Guest Workers in the U.S. Heritage” . Another author who uses modes of development is Robert J. Samuelson in his short story “We Don't Need 'Guest Workers' “. Both authors give the reader their point of view on whether or not illegal immigrants should be accepted in the United States. In doing so both use many modes of development to give the reader a better understanding of their views on illegal immigration in the United States.
Modes of development are great to use in my own writing. It helps the writer organize, and explain ideas more clearly. This can help a writer develop a more organized writing making it easier for the reader to read. The modes of development help give life to a writing and keep the reader interested in the...

...more on the physical appearance rather than the personality he/she portrays. I have noticed that a lot in my eighteen years of life. A lot of my former friends and classmates would say, “Oh, he/she is hot, I am going to go for him/her!” They already pick out their “future” boyfriend/girlfriend at first sight. They try to get that guy/girl as close as to themselves as they can! Some go to extreme measures like the story my friend told me. This story was about a guy who carefully picked out his girlfriend on the beautiful qualities she possessed. He was dumbfounded on the perfect qualities she portrayed when they hung out. As he got to know her more, she was not as what she seemed to be. He realized that the beauty she possessed on the outside was not as pretty on the inside. She acted very horribly to him and treated him like he was garbage. After that, he focused more on the personality of a girl, rather than the beauty. Going off that story, I disagree with the exchange theory because if you go off this theory, it will lead to the destruction of love.
The third and final theory that Hendrix concludes with is that of the persona theory. This theory states that whoever your mate is they should boost up your self-esteem when you are seen with this person. A persona, which is a second image we portray to other people, comes in effect when we are with our soul mate. We act a certain way around our...

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People had to take matters into their own hands
Absence of justice
No civilization in these boom-towns for mining
Railroad Construction
Railroad industry fueling the movement to the west
First corporate big business in American society
Homestead Act of 1862
Promised settlers 160 acres of land hoping they would farm and had to commit for 5 years
500,000 took advantage of the act
2/3’s failed because of harsh weather conditions, small land, limited amount of water
Much of the good land was going to the Railroad Company
Mining Centers
Trying to make it big in the Great Plains (Denver, Sacramento, San Francisco)
Striking it rich quick
Try to pan gold through the rivers
Mining (“Boom”) Towns—Now Ghost Towns
People would go and search for gold in places where there were rumors of gold
Build a saloon and then would leave when gold is out
New Agricultural Technology
Steel Plow (“Sod Buster”)
Break up the ground for planting
“Prairie Fan”  Water Pump
Water source
Barbed Wire
Shortage of wood
Allowed the farmers to keep the cows off their grass
Frontier Life
Individuality, self-sufficient
Families worked together to get food
The Reality—A Pioneer’s Sod House, SD
1-2 rooms
All family members lived there
Farmers are becoming a minority of the American workforce from 1685-1900
60%-47% of the American workforce
Farms in the U.S. double in this same period
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, MA. After losing his father, Hawthorne began taking a grand interest in his dad’s worldwide adventures! He even began reading the logbooks his father had submitted while he was at sea! (BRD Groupe Societe Generate) As the years went by, Nathaniel left home and attended college until 1825 where he graduates and returns home to begin his writing experience. When Nathaniel returned home, he began his writing in semi-seclusion, leading him to write with the style he did and the topics he chose. As I mentioned earlier, “The Scarlett Letter” is one of Hawthorne’s most famous...

...hesitated. “Are you sure you want me to go?” I didn’t want to go at all, really. I was just glad to see my brother again.
Mum kissed my forehead. “It’s what’s best for you, Leslie.” She smiled. “Besides, Niall’s excited to see you.”
“I’m excited to see him, too.” I whispered. I didn’t like talking much. Not after the incident. I didn’t trust boys. Not anymore.
“Well, let’s get you to the airport!” Mum said cheerfully. She helped me get my suitcase into the car and we drove off. Mum chattered nonstop. I kind of just sat there and nodded, through her words went in one ear and out the other. We arrived at the airport just in time for me to get to baggage and take-off. I held out my arms and Mum hugged me tightly. “You’ll be fine Leslie.” She promised me.
“I’ll miss you” I looked at the ground.
“I’ll miss you too, darling. But I think this will do you good.” Mum kissed my cheek. “Have a safe flight. I love you!”
“I love you too.” I reluctantly boarded my flight to London and fell asleep. When I awoke, we were landing. I smiled slightly, I loved plane rides. Something about them was just relaxing.
I stepped off the plane and searched anxiously for Niall, the only boy I would ever trust. He was as good as my brother, and I had missed him, a lot. Suddenly I spotted a blonde head, weaving in and out of the crowd.
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CheckPoint: Styles of LoveStyles of Love
There are can about 15 different versions of love but, they don’t involve the real definition or meaning of love and deviate from the six styles of love that should be recognized as real-unconditional love. We should view love in only six forms. Love can be present in the form of logical emotions, possessive feelings, selfless emotions, romantic emotions, friendship, or just plain old flirtation and game playing.
The less attractive style of love would be present in the logical love known as Pragma. Love is viewed as a practical or mutually beneficial viewpoint which can be the most unromantic version of love available. This type of relationships is strictly based on the finance or social beneficial status from perspective of the logical style of love. This love is not based on the emotion of love it is based only on the beneficial side of the relationship. When the benefits are gone so is the relationship. The thought of the possessive love is known as Mania and embodies obsessive characteristics toward their lover. This is not a healthy version of love. It can lead to crazy decisions, choices,...

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The three primary lovestyles in Hendrick and Hendrick (1986) are Eros (romantic, passionate love), Ludus (game-playing love), Storge (friendship love), and three main secondary styles: Mania (possessive, dependent love), Pragma (logical, “shopping list” love), and Agape (all-giving, selfless love). Altogether, these lovestyles are all equally valid ways of loving.
In order to determine your lovestyle, you can complete a brief quiz. Hendrick and Hendrick (1986) developed a self-report questionnaire measure of lovestyles. Respondents indicate their level of agreement or disagreement with the statements, examples of which include "My partner and I have the right physical 'chemistry'" (Eros) and "Our love is the best kind because it grew out of a long friendship" (Storge). There are from 3–7 items for each of the six styles described above. After I completed the lovestyles questionnaire, I was surprised with my final results. My mean for each individual lovestyle test was 1.4 for Pragma, 2.5 (Eros), 3 (Ludus), 3.28 (Storge), 4.57 (Mania), and 4.71 (Agape).
The lowest mean signifies the lovestyle that is most characteristic of myself. My lowest mean...

...between two or more people. Within these types of relationships comes a romantic aspect that includes six different lovestyles: eros, ludus, storge, pragma, mania, and agape. These lovestyles were orginially developed by John Lee in 1973 and then further expanded by Clyde and Susan Hendrick of Texas Tech University throughout the mid 1980’s. All six lovestyles are significantly different but everyone has experienced atleast one throughout their life. In my case, I’ve experienced all six at one point or another in my life. These models of how people love indicate the different ways of showing affection and or receiving it.
Eros is the lovestyle that you will most likely see in one of your favorite romantic movies. It is the style in which two people love eachother with such incredible passion and desire for eachother. The type of love that focuses on physical attractiveness aswell as emotional. It is intense and gratifying to the two indivuduals in so many ways. I experienced this lovestyle with my first love. The connection was immediate and the passion was clearly there. We gravitated towards eachother because we were both extremely physically attracted to eachother. When we were together, we were both in this state of bliss. Their was definitely chemistry and...